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Naval strategy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas B. Buell and Walter M. Whitehill collection on Ernest J. King

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-037.2
Abstract

This collection consists of research materials collected by Thomas B. Buell, author and retired naval officer, for his biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King entitled, Master of sea power and by Walter M. Whitehill, author and historian, for his biography on King, A Naval record.

Dates: 1880-1986 and undated; Majority of material found within 1942-1950; Majority of material found within 1974-1979
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Donald C. Daniel papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-277
Scope and Contents

Subject files, Correspondence, and Miscellany, 1944-2000. Subject files on World War II deception, Maritime Strategy, military intelligence, war games, amphibious warfare, strategy and intelligence, Naval War College Center for Advance Research, Center for Naval Analysis, and miscellany. The files contain correspondence, messages, research papers, speeches, extracts from books, published articles, newspaper clippings, reports, technical reports, manuals, organizational charts, maps, and address files.

Dates: undated
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Henry E. Eccles papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-052
Content Description The papers, in the main, cover the period 1898-1987 and fully document his naval career and his retirement years. They are divided into six series. Series I, family papers, consists of genealogical materials taken from Morgan City, Louisiana Archives on the Brashear and Lawrence families, a history of Morgan City, LA, and correspondence and newspaper clippings regarding the restoration of the Lawrence family cemetery in Bayside, Long Island. Correspondence, speeches and writings of various family members are found here too, as well as biographical and autobiographical materials on Admiral Eccles.Correspondence, Series II, is divided into five subseries; Naval orders and career correspondence, personal correspondence, official correspondence, letters of condolence to Mrs. Eccles on the death of Admiral Eccles, and miscellaneous correspondence of others that was found in his papers.Eccles' correspondence reveals aspects of his naval career, his many professional and intellectual interests and associations, and his study of military logistics. Major segments focus on his official naval orders and assignments, including his entrance into the U.S. Academy; his command of the USS JOHN D. EDWARDS; his assignment with CINCNELM; and his Naval War College and George Washington University associations. Other areas include the administration of the Advanced Base Section, Service Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1944-1945 (this material is especially...
Dates: 1898 - 1986
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Alfred Thayer Mahan papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-017
Abstract

This collection consists of lectures, letters, and other documents kept by Alfred T. Mahan, naval officer, renowned maritime historian, and past president of the Naval War College.

Dates: 1814-1914 and undated
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Herbert Rosinski papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-091
Abstract

Personal and career items and bibliography, 1903–1966; Correspondence, letters sent and received from individuals and organizations, 1948–1985; Published and unpublished writings, including books, articles, reviews, lectures and seminars; Pamphlets, 1930–1977; Notes and outlines, undated–1951.

Dates: 1903 - 1985
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Student Operational Problems and Solutions records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-12
Scope and Contents

Scouting and Screening, Strategic and Tactical Operations Problems; Reports of the Conferences of 1908–1912; Search Method Exercises.

Dates: 1894 - 1953
Found in: Naval War College Archives
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